Reds cultivating a culture of violence
The Communist Party of the Philippines through its recruitment agency, the National Democratic Front, is cultivating a culture of violence among the younger generations of Filipinos thus destroying the moral fiber and decent Filipino moral values which make up the character and personality of the Filipinos.
The recruitment of minors to join the New People’s Army is in blatant disregard not only of the rights of the children but also of the peaceful-orientation of these individuals. Should the use of these minors for armed combat be continued by the communists, the future of the country will be dim as it will be characterized by violence and the use of force in any or all of their undertakings. After all, the youth are the future of our nation.
This matter is a very important item for each individual, whether parents, teachers, local officials or the youth themselves should be concerned about. Allowing the communists to corrupt the minds and lives of our youth could lead to the breakdown of our families, the communities and the entire nation.
The majority of the people are either unaware of the seriousness of this development or are simply indifferent to it because their families and communities appear to be unaffected by it as of now. But this is one issue which needs real, honest to goodness and immediate unity of effort among everybody in order to address it, as just like termites, such developments can silently undermine the very core of our way of living in the very near future should we remain apathetic.
“It’s time we get our acts together. If our countrymen are asking themselves what they can do for their country, they can start here, in their families and communities. Watch your children and ensure they stay in school and are not blinded by drugs or by the equally destructive lies of the communists,” Maj. Gen. Jovenal Narcise, Commanding General of the 3rd Infantry Division, Philippine Army said.
Maj. Gen Narcise also calls on the community leaders and the local government to take notice of this development and to find the political will to put an end to this illness in the society.
By any other name, the NPA will smell as bad. The NPA for 36 years has not only been a bitter pill to swallow. The horrendous experiences society has undergone especially in the countryside has made the NPA very popular in notoriety indeed.
For how else can we consider what the NPA is all about but a band of criminals, extortionists, abusers, exploiting minors, killers, hangmen, butchers - - their atrocity list never seem to end.
And for years, the NPA has recruited and organized in the towns and cities and those recruited are trained to become members of the armed component to fight the government. And more than these, in carrying out their terrorist activities, they do so in the guise of the revolution. Calling their fight as the fight for the people.
They have accused the government of escalating campaigns of military suppression against the revolutionary forces and the people; cry out human rights violations against them. They say their rights are violated because their members are kidnapped, tortured and murdered. They say the government is the one carrying out arson, bombardment and bulldozing to force the evacuation of the masses from their homes and farms.
But the question is who is doing all these? Who has been guilty of such human rights violations but they themselves. There are documented evidences of their atrocities. And recently they have liquidated police and military personnel, a mayor and some other political figures who were either ambushed and gunned down. And they have threatened to wage war. CPP leader Jose Maria Sison called on the NPA to rise up to the “challenge” of the all-out war declaration of the Arroyo administration through increased “basic and special operations” including the sabotage of electrical towers and power lines for “economic disruption”. And he cannot deny this. These days he pictures himself as the one demonized and criminalized, in his own words.
Sison further called on his allies in the “legal democratic movement” to intensify militant protests and for the NPA to take advantage of the redeployment of troops by launching offensives when the government shifted its operations against the CPP/NPA.
These statements have brought the CPP-NPA to be categorized as a terrorist group and has now merited international sanctions. This is what they deserve, anyway.
Though it would be productive to resume peace talks with the rebels, it would be impossible at this time since they have initiated stepped-up attacks against the government. “They have drawn blood,” so to speak.
Whatever they will call themselves, the terrorist in them sticks. They have proven time and again that their leaders only want to create an environment conducive to armed revolution, which is an exaggeration.
Terrorism has always been synonymous to their name.
The Communist Party of the Philippines through its recruitment agency, the National Democratic Front, is cultivating a culture of violence among the younger generations of Filipinos thus destroying the moral fiber and decent Filipino moral values which make up the character and personality of the Filipinos.
The recruitment of minors to join the New People’s Army is in blatant disregard not only of the rights of the children but also of the peaceful-orientation of these individuals. Should the use of these minors for armed combat be continued by the communists, the future of the country will be dim as it will be characterized by violence and the use of force in any or all of their undertakings. After all, the youth are the future of our nation.
This matter is a very important item for each individual, whether parents, teachers, local officials or the youth themselves should be concerned about. Allowing the communists to corrupt the minds and lives of our youth could lead to the breakdown of our families, the communities and the entire nation.
The majority of the people are either unaware of the seriousness of this development or are simply indifferent to it because their families and communities appear to be unaffected by it as of now. But this is one issue which needs real, honest to goodness and immediate unity of effort among everybody in order to address it, as just like termites, such developments can silently undermine the very core of our way of living in the very near future should we remain apathetic.
“It’s time we get our acts together. If our countrymen are asking themselves what they can do for their country, they can start here, in their families and communities. Watch your children and ensure they stay in school and are not blinded by drugs or by the equally destructive lies of the communists,” Maj. Gen. Jovenal Narcise, Commanding General of the 3rd Infantry Division, Philippine Army said.
Maj. Gen Narcise also calls on the community leaders and the local government to take notice of this development and to find the political will to put an end to this illness in the society.
By any other name, the NPA will smell as bad. The NPA for 36 years has not only been a bitter pill to swallow. The horrendous experiences society has undergone especially in the countryside has made the NPA very popular in notoriety indeed.
For how else can we consider what the NPA is all about but a band of criminals, extortionists, abusers, exploiting minors, killers, hangmen, butchers - - their atrocity list never seem to end.
And for years, the NPA has recruited and organized in the towns and cities and those recruited are trained to become members of the armed component to fight the government. And more than these, in carrying out their terrorist activities, they do so in the guise of the revolution. Calling their fight as the fight for the people.
They have accused the government of escalating campaigns of military suppression against the revolutionary forces and the people; cry out human rights violations against them. They say their rights are violated because their members are kidnapped, tortured and murdered. They say the government is the one carrying out arson, bombardment and bulldozing to force the evacuation of the masses from their homes and farms.
But the question is who is doing all these? Who has been guilty of such human rights violations but they themselves. There are documented evidences of their atrocities. And recently they have liquidated police and military personnel, a mayor and some other political figures who were either ambushed and gunned down. And they have threatened to wage war. CPP leader Jose Maria Sison called on the NPA to rise up to the “challenge” of the all-out war declaration of the Arroyo administration through increased “basic and special operations” including the sabotage of electrical towers and power lines for “economic disruption”. And he cannot deny this. These days he pictures himself as the one demonized and criminalized, in his own words.
Sison further called on his allies in the “legal democratic movement” to intensify militant protests and for the NPA to take advantage of the redeployment of troops by launching offensives when the government shifted its operations against the CPP/NPA.
These statements have brought the CPP-NPA to be categorized as a terrorist group and has now merited international sanctions. This is what they deserve, anyway.
Though it would be productive to resume peace talks with the rebels, it would be impossible at this time since they have initiated stepped-up attacks against the government. “They have drawn blood,” so to speak.
Whatever they will call themselves, the terrorist in them sticks. They have proven time and again that their leaders only want to create an environment conducive to armed revolution, which is an exaggeration.
Terrorism has always been synonymous to their name.
CAPT CROMWELL I DANGANAN
OFFICER IN CHARGE
3RD CIVIL MILITARY OPERATIONS UNIT
PHILIPPINE ARMY
CAMP DELGADO, FORT SAN PEDRO
ILOILO CITY"Supporting the 3rd Infantry Division, Philippine Army in promoting a lasting Peace and Prosperity in Western and Central Visayas regions""
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